I am buzzing as I write this post because I just ended a Zoom session with one of my midlife coaching clients who is bravely taking manageable steps toward designing a more authentic second half of life.
You know that feeling when you're in your groove and things feel so aligned that something clicks into place and you light up - much like a circuit being completed? It happens for me when I'm doing that which is purely mine to do. Last year, I made the pivot from offering psychotherapy to a coaching approach. The impact this new form of work has on the lives of my clients validates for me that I'm in my zone.
Each of us has a unique gift to bring to the world. When Martha Graham spoke of this, she said: "There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open."
What electrifies you? What comes through you that makes you shine? Do more of THAT. Personally, I want to do more of what I did today: More one-on-one coaching with folx who are traversing the midlife passage. My clients are yearning to peel back layers of identity formed early in life so they can understand, accept, reveal, and live their absolute truths. Most are 40-to-60-something-year-olds who were raised/socialized as women and who are recovering “good girls." That means they've pretty much done all the “right” things by following our culture’s prescribed path to this promised "full life." Now, they sit with me, acknowledging a white-hot longing for something more for this next half of life. I can't have the answers for each client, nor would that serve, but I ask the good-kind-of-hard questions that help them become the freest and brightest versions of themselves.
This work lights me up. Does hearing about it spark something in you? A couple spots just opened in my schedule to dive in deeply with brand new clients. Is one of them yours? Let's hop on a free discovery call to find out. Click here for all the details.
